Shoe shopping in Asia
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Mojari
Mojari sells fabulous footwear. Named after the traditional decorated shoes of Rajasthan, Mojari is a UN-supported project that helps 3500 rural leatherworkers’ households. It’s fit for shoe fetishists, but not for large feet.
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Tip-toe Tapestry
Gorgeous hand-embroidered, hand-washable ladies shoes and slippers from Y45 a pair. Further branch at 18 Nan Dajie.
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100 Change & Insect
Strange name, funky footwear – for those who want their heels to be seen in the dark.
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Sūzhōu Cobblers
For hand-embroidered silk slippers and shoes, pop into this minute shop just off the Bund.
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Moti Bazaar
Inside Taksali Gate is Moti Bazaar that's the best place to buy cheap, good quality chappals (sandals). Expect to pay upwards of Rs400 a pair.
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Zhayden Nagtsho Traditional Boot Unit
Zhayden Nagtsho Traditional Boot Unit is the place for a pair of traditional handmade Bhutanese boots, retailing around US$60.
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Coup de Foudre
If you can’t find the shoe design you’ve had in your head, then come to this place, which will custom-make shoes to your designs and, it claims, have them ready for you within three days.
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Wan Aik Shoemaker
Raymond Yeo’s beaded Nonya shoes are considered Melaka’s finest and begin at a steep but merited RM300. Tiny silk bound-feet shoes (from RM90) are also available, although nowadays they are just a curiosity rather than a necessity.
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Bong Salaveria
Easily the oddest collection of stores in Manila is at the Marikina Shoe Expo, a once open-air collection of discount shoe vendors. One of these is Bong Salaveria, selling authentic retro 1950s and 1960s décor collected by a local film editor.
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Neiliansheng Shoe Shop
They say this is the oldest existing cloth shoe shop in China (it opened in 1853) and it has a factory that still employs more than 100 workers. Mao Zedong and other luminaries had their footgear made here and you too can pick up ornately embroidered shoes, or the simply styled cloth slippers frequently modelled by Běijīng’s senior citizens. It does cute, patterned kid’s slippers and shoes (from Y42), too.
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